Cucina Gourmet
Cucina Gourmet
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
5 reviews
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Overall, this place is pretty expensive. The salad bar is nine dollars a pound. Be careful. The pizza is okay, but nothing to write home about. My slice had too much sauce.
The bagels are the best deal in the house. They are pretty reasonably priced, less than two dollars, but they messed up my order a couple times by giving me a bagel I didn't order.
Gourmet food at somewhat reasonable prices where one Cranberry muffin was a grinding chore to request who the server cashier was incompetent to fulfill my order to adamantly insist for Blueberry. "We do not have Blueberry!!" Woman, I stated CRANBERRY which is completely different than Blueberry. Either the woman was color blind to distinguish red for blue or was not focus on her listening skills because It was like pulling teeth to obtain one measly muffin at $2.25. AIJA!
Albeit, the muffin was moist and helped awaken me from within. This Cucina Gourmet sits inside Citigroup Center's open atrium on the main level.
This might be the worst pizza that I have ever had in my life. I ordered the personal size margherita pizza, which is baked in a brick oven. When I opened the box, the pizza size was huge and looked appetizing, but boy was I fooled. There was absolutely no taste! After drenching it in salt, pepper and oregano, I managed to eat half of it. I was surprised that the pizza sauce was not seasoned and there were parts of the pizza where the dough appeared to be uncooked. Definitely will not be back
A decent place for lunch within the Citi Atrium.
Cucina seems to be one of the least busy places in the Atrium, however, it's still pretty good. They have a ton of pasta dishes to choose from if you decide to go the buffet route. They also have a small salad bar if you decide you want to brighten up your platter with some veggies. I decided to go with a sandwich. The grilled chicken with fresh mozzarella sandwich was presented on a baguette with bacon, avocado, and lettuce/tomato. The sandwich was pretty good and definitely filling but could have used a bit more flavor. The avocado saved the day with that.
Staff is friendly, prices are what you would expect for a sandwich in Manhattan.
This place is a life-saver. I don't need to waste time and constantly come up with lunch ideas, cuz there are plenty of options and always sth hitting the spot!
The breakfast/lunch buffet by weight are both very reasonably priced, in fact, I think is a steal. You have to know the right food pairing though. They've got not only Italian options but also American local flavors in all regions. I love the optionality and excitement of discovering new authentic homecooking style dishes.
BTW their food are fresh and not overly seasoned. Perfect amount of salt lends to the good balance of flavor and healthiness.
The cashier sometimes is not so friendly, but hey New Yorkers, I think you guys are asking too much given they are not servers who receive tips from you.
Thumbs up for the diversity and quality!